We collected sponsorship lists from a number of past ACLs, COLINGs,
EACLs and NAACLs from previous sponsoship chairs and merged. We sent
out > 170 mails with the ACL prospectus attached to solicit EACL 2009
(in particular) and joint EACL-NAACL-ACL 2009 three-pack (in general)
sponsorship. Priscilla Rasmussen got 1 reponse: a 3-pack gold
sponsorship for EACL-NAACL-ACL 2009 from CNGL (Centre for Next
Generation Localisation). The poor response reflects the economic and
financial turmoil experienced by many companies late 2008 and early
2009. In an effort to raise more sponsorship, Philipp Koehn followed up with
personal phone calls to a selected number of "previously reliable"
sponsors. Unfortunately, this did not result in further sponsorship
for EACL 2009. We made the spreadsheet with the 170 sponsorship
contact details available to the NAACL 2009 sponsorship team and
Priscilla Rasmussen at ACL.